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The Liveship Traders (2) - The Mad Ship (Mass Market Paperback)

A worth sequel to the first book, it continues the main threads of the story but ends on a tantalizing revelation of what to expect in the third book. The sunken city in the Rain Wilds is finally revealed in this book and the author goes a long way to explain the relationship between the different factions (Chalced, Bingtown etc) and between the Liveships / Wizardwood / the Rain Wilds and the Serpents etc.

Hobb keeps us in the dark about Paragon, his family and his past. That isn't fully revealed until the third book. Quite a surprise! As I said in my review for her first book, the trilogy is entirely coherent.